About Our Studio

Moxie Mischief Aerial Arts was established in 2012. Since then, MMAA has grown by leaps and bounds. Moxie Mischief Aerial Arts is now the premier aerial facility in Dallas, specializing in Aerial Silks, Aerial Yoga, Lyra Hoop, Trapeze, Corde Lisse, Flexibility & more. MMAA has a strong background, and in just one short year has become one of the only Aerial Arts Studios to offer such a wide variety of aerialist skills and classes.

Jessica Harris, owner and instructor, has taught multiple forms of dance, gymnastics, and strength training that she has incorporated into the aerial arts disciplines. The studio focuses on providing a fun facility for flight, while keeping safety in the forefront of instruction. We encourage students to find their own voice and love of flying, and believe in creating informed students, able to find their own path of self expression. Moxie Mischief Aerial Arts is located in Farmers Branch and in the legendary Inwood Village Shopping Center. With soaring ceilings as well as a shorter space for beginners, the facility and positive setting are the perfect venue for aerial classes and showcases. Classes are offered in beginner through advanced levels and are available in group and private lesson format.

About Our Instructors

Jessica Harris (a.k.a. Miss Moxie Mischief)

Jessica is a gymnastics coach by day, aerialist by night and a performer always. The owner of Moxie Mischief Aerial Arts, she has a background in gymnastics, tap, jazz, ballet and ballroom dancing. While Moxie began dancing at a very young age, it wasn’t until seeing her first Cirque du Soleil show “Quidam” that she knew aerial silks was something she had to do. And, although it wasn’t until years later that she discovered that she could actually learn this amazing art form, she was hooked at her first inversion. She has a love for all things aerial, and she strives to share that energy with her students. A teacher from the beginning, she has spent years coaching gymnastics and dance to children and adults of all ages. She also spent several years teaching and performing ballroom dance professionally. In addition, she has also gone through the Aerial Yoga Teacher Training & Aerial Fabric Teacher Training program at Aircat in Denver, Colorado, as well as, the Lyra Certification Program designed by Kate Edwards out of the UK. Moxie now teaches all forms of Aerial Arts including aerial silks, lyra hoop, cube and aerial yoga. She also offers Performance Technique classes and several Strength and Conditioning options.

With a love of adventure, Moxie enjoys anything that provides an adrenaline rush. From rock climbing to bikram yoga, bellydancing to hiking, fire poi to free-falling 18 stories, Miss Moxie has an adventurous spirit and a passion for what she does that translates wonderfully into her teaching.

Brandi Cooling

Brandi teaches beginner and intermediate lyra as well as abs. Brandi's career in dance began long ago at the tender age of three. This passion has continued well into adulthood although she has now traded her pointe shoes and tutu for a shiny silver pole and steel hoop (admittedly she sports the occasional tutu). Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Brandi relocated to Dallas for college and to pursue a career. Brandi began pole fitness in early 2012. She soon transitioned her love of pole into aerial hoop in 2013 and was instantly hooked. Her love of Aerial dance has allowed her to continue her to share her passion with others through performance and instruction.

Brandi is available for private lessons in lyra.

Jennifer Cody

Jennifer teaches beginner and intermediate static trapeze, dance trapeze and aerial silks (fabric). Jennifer began training aerial fabrics in 2011 and hasn't looked back since! She has enjoyed expressing herself through movement for most of her life. She began studying ballet at a young age and has dabbled in many dance arts including jazz, hip-hop, modern dance, and pole dance, but it wasn't until she tried aerial circus that she discovered her passion. Jennifer has been teaching fabrics since 2012 and trapeze since 2015, and she completed foundation and intermediate level fabrics and trapeze instructor training with Elsie Smith and Serenity Forchion at the New England Center for Circus Arts. She has also completed a 500-hour yoga teacher training course and teaches yoga and HIIT classes in the Dallas area. Outside of the studio, Jennifer completed her undergraduate studies in anthropology at the University of Oklahoma and earned a Masters of Science in Communication Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas. She currently works full time as a speech-language pathologist for a local nonprofit helping people with Parkinson’s regain their communication skills.

Jen is available for private lessons in aerial silks (fabric), static trapeze, and dance trapeze.

Jennifer Foster (Scarlett)

Jenn (Scarlett) teaches beginner aerial silks (fabric) and lyra. She is available for private lessons on aerial silks.

Kelly Goldston

Kelly teaches beginner lyra. She holds an M.S. in exercise physiology from Texas Christian University. Kelly began competitive gymnastics at an early age and trained for many years at Biron Gymnastics in Houston. While an undergraduate student at Baylor University, she competed with the Baylor Gymnastics Team. What attracted Kelly to lyra was both the fun and athleticism involved in learning the art. Kelly lives in Dallas with her husband Trent and her dog Bear.Kelly is available for private lessons in lyra.

Tricia Luna

Tricia teaches beginner rope and silks. Born and raised outside Philadelphia, Tricia has traveled to various places seeking adventure, sun, and sand. Tricia received a B.S in Programming from St. Joseph's University and an M.S. in Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. She has worked in a wide range of industries from ranch hand to rocket scientist and now works as a program manager for a tech company. January 2013, she bought a groupon for a flying trapeze class in Hawaii and was instantly hooked. After teaching flying trapeze across the country she started cross training with aerial classes in the off season and hasn't looked back. She loves being a part of the amazing world of circus and the family that comes along with it.

Tricia is available for private lessons in Rope, Silks, and Conditioning.

Crystal Finney​

Crystal started her career as an aerialist in 2014 when she tagged along with a friend to a class on a random October evening. She was immediately hooked and knew she had found her people and her passion. While she has had some dance training, I’m not sure it counts considering she was 5. She is definitely one of those who came into Circus with nothing (zero strength or flexibility) and gained everything through classes and good instruction. She brings lots of positivity to teaching and is always ready to cheer you on as she shows you how strong you can be while also doing some really cool stuff.​Crystal has BA in Entrepreneurial Management from TCU and lives in Plano with her husband and her furbaby, a black cat named Stuart.